Southern Miss can't afford missed FG

11:33 PM,
Sep. 30, 2013

Written by

Jason Munz
jmunz@hattiesburgamerican.com

A pair of blocked field goals in the first half last week against Boise State not only took points off the scoreboard for Southern Miss, but also directly led to points for the Broncos.

Golden Eagle head coach Todd Monken said coming up with a way to avoid those problems in the future is a priority.

"Everybody's doing that now, putting two or three people over your guard or tackle and blowing them up," he said. "That's a thankless spot. The second one was a low kick. Did they get penetration? Yes. Does Corey (Acosta) have to get it up? Yes. So it's a combination. We're going to have to be a lot firmer, look ...